There is no direct connection between the Man family and the Delaval family, but in kinship terms the Delaval family played a substantial role in uniting a number of families, including ours (via the Craddocks).  For instance the Bowes family married into the Delaval family at least four times. Margaret Craddock's mother-in-law was a Delaval. A n article written for the Yorkshire Arche